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Goood Morning! Hope you are having a pleasant one! Man, what a week for breaking Wilmywood news!! Yesterday afternoon, we got word that FX is bringing us the pilot “How and Why.” The production will be set up at EUE/Screen Gems Studios by this Spring. Look for Michael Cera and John Hawkes around town in the next few months! A lot of Wilmywood folks met John Hawkes when he was on Eastbound & Down last year and are VERY excited to have him back!

They have been signed to star in this comedy pilot which is coming from Charlie Kaufman. The pilotwill focus on Goodman Hesselman (John Hawkes) who is the host of a children’s science show called “How and Why.” But he is one of those book smart kinda guys with no people skills what so ever! He is forced to start over, move to a small town, doing a completely different TV show and working for a much younger boss (Michael Cera). As Deadline puts it, “things get awry when Hesselman encounters elements of the supernatural world during this new excursion.” Yep, sounds like the autobiography of every news anchor I know in Wilmywood. Perfect fit FX!

Meanwhile, FX also announced yesterday our North Carolina boy Zach Galifinakis is also going to star in a new FX comedy series co-written by Louis CK. Congrats Zach!

Did you know that our beloved Iron Man, Robert Downey, Jr. can sing? He was on stage at a Sting concert and he sung the classic, “Driven To Tears” Listen to THIS!! Yep, that is RDJ singing! Wow! You go boy!

Now on with a little Sleepy Hollow fun. The ratings stayed flat, no adjustments with a 2.2 /6 among A18-49 w/ 6.4 million viewers. When they factor in the DVR numbers, it will sky rocket per usual. Here’s what’s in store for us this Monday night!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Good Morning and Happy Monday to ya! A slew of praise happening as we finish out the year. So, let’s continue that trend! A lot of people were talking about this over the weekend. It wasn’t the top grossing movies, but the most successful ones that got the most bang for their buck and North Carolina has 4 on the list, three of which were shot right here in Wilmywood. Here are the top 9 most lucrative movies of 2013, according to The Wrap: So congrats to the cast and crew of: The Conjuring, Bad Grandpa, We’re the Millers and IM3! Don’t know what ROI means? It’s Return Of Investment. The Wrap explains it in simple terms:

To calculate ROI for a movie, you take how much it grossed, subtract how much it cost and then divide that figure by how much it cost. For example, “Insidious: Chapter 2″ cost $5 million to make. It grossed $160.4 million. So here’s how we did it: $160.4M- $5M = $155.4M. $155.4M/$5M = 31.1.

Our beloved CBS series Under the Dome is among the honorees at Variety’s upcoming Breakthrough of the Year Awards, which will be held Thursday January 9th in Las Vegas at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Dean Norris will be on hand to accept the award. CES is the world’s largest electronics show. It will attract more than 150,000 attendees and will have close to 3,000 exhibitors. It runs January 7th through the 10th. READ THE STORY AT VARIETY.COM

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I know stories similar to this one have already come out, but when our shows get kudos, you deserve to know. The Global Dispatch reports that due to Amazon’s $700,000 per episode buy, it made the show profitable before it even aired. (The Amazon licensing deal partnership along with international rights made “Under the Dome” an insanely profitable enterprise, again, before it even aired. ) Because of these factors, the UTD team had less stress with how they crafted the show. Rachelle LeFevre said it best:

“There wasn’t as much pressure,” The CBS execs “were able to make big, ballsy decisions as a result, and success is what comes from that.”

Of course it didn’t hurt that the show was an instant hit. It was the most watched summer series in more than twenty years. Nielsen tallied up the live viewing as well as the DVR numbers and estimated that the show averaged 15+million viewers. Amazon picked up season two, 9 months before it will air, 6 months before filming begins on season two. That Amazon will continue with the same kind of licensing deal, exclusive domain for the online streaming of the episodes four days after they air. READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE NOW!

Now onto our other successful television show that has made its home here in Wilmywood. Laurel Brown (@DocBrown_TV) did a great piece as part ofZap2It‘s Year in Review. It was definitely the Year of the Witch. Laurel highlights some of the best of the best from this years television shows and suggests who could beat up who. She leaves us with the question: “Will the “Sleepy Hollow” witches dominate 2014?” Awesome Laurel! It’s a fun piece. READ IT NOW.

And speaking of some great cast, Lyndie Greenwood says good-bye to Wilmywood:

Nicole Beharie also said good-bye over the weekend as well. It looks like today just might be the last day of filming the EPIC season finale! Well, that’s the plan anyway! And sorry, I cannot reveal who is left filming. Wouldn’t wanna spoil the finale for ya! They never shoot in sequential order anyway, but I’d rather not accidentally give anything away. We will just have to wait until January 20th to see who is left standing!

TV.com’s “Best Of” is ongoing, and the site has our NC shot television shows on the list. Under the Dome, Sleepy Hollow, Homeland, Banshee and Eastbound and Down. Check out all the NC Nominees and VOTE!Voting ends Thursday, January 2nd!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks). Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Good morning! I hope you had an amazing Christmas with the ones you love! Let’s see what we have for the day. We’ll start off with some Colin Ford love and some Under the Dome adoration.

I would like to thank FanShare.com for siting my interview with Colin Ford on the set of Under the Dome in their article from December 23rd. The article states that Colin Ford is definitely one “young actor to watch.” We agree Fanshare! Thanks for posting.

The Amazing Race Canada was the top draw, with an average audience of 3.5 million. The Big Bang Theory was second, with 3 million viewers, and The Amazing Race 22 and 23 third with 2.5 million viewers. Under the Dome(2.43 million) and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2.41 million) round out the top 5.

In cased you didn’t see it last Friday, Ashlea over at WECT put out something cool. America’s Got Talent is coming to North Carolina. The NBC series is holding auditions in Greensboro on January 29th at from 8 am to 6 pm at the Greensboro Marriott Downtown. To register for the auditions, click here.

I thought this letter from “Ichabod Crane” aka @NoFirstIShotHim that Nick Gonzalez retweeted was quite wonderful. Another lovely letter of thanks to the cast and crew of Sleepy Hollow.

Now is the time to watch back to back episodes of Sleepy Hollow, this season’s hottest new show! Binge baby Binge! From the pilot to episode 10, watch them all on FOX on Demand, FOX.com & FOXNOW before it returns in January with all-new episodes.

A few of the Sleepy Hollow folks arrive back in Wilmywood today to finish up the big finale which will air January 20th. The 2-hour, episode 12/13 combo airs at 8pm EST. And remember episode 11 entitled “Vessel” airs January 13th at 9pm EST. They shoot from tomorrow until at least the end of the year.

A REMINDER TO VOTE VOTE VOTE! Encore Magazine has released their Best Of Nominees and you can VOTE NOW. I would like to thank all of you who nominated me for:

Best Local Radio Personality – Sheila Brothers

Best Morning Show – Sheila Brothers

Best Blog – The Wilmywood Daily

I would LOVE your vote! Some highlights: I think you will definitely wanna vote on these three categories.

Best Local Independent Film: Pieces of Talent, Bound by Sea, Children of Salt

Best Local Filmmaker: Joe Stauffer, Keith Welborn, Brannigan Carter. So, go on get to votin‘!!

TV.com’s “Best Of” is under way, and the site has our NC shot television shows on the list. Under the Dome, Sleepy Hollow, Homeland, Banshee and Eastdown and Bound. Check out all the NC Nominees and VOTE!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks). Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Writer/Producer Elliot McGucken is taking his award winning screenplay, “The Legend of McCoy Mountain & The Gold 45 Revolver” to the silver screen, and my sources tell me as it stands, they will be shooting this flick in LA, New York and North Carolina. I am still waiting to hear back on exactly where in NC they will be filming. Let’s hope their plans don’t change! The movie is about Mary McCoy and her boyfriend who head on up McCoy Mountain to film the ghost of Civil War abolitionist Johnny Ranger McCoy for Mary’s Sundance documentary. They end up finding out firsthand if Johnny’s Gold 45 Revolver really does fire lightning in the hands of heroes willing to give that last, full-measure of devotion. Look for this production to start up in the Spring.

Remember the indie flick Riverguard that shot here this past summer? Eric Ladin, the lead in the Wilmywood shot movie has been cast as a regular in The Brink, HBO’s pilot directed by Jay Roach from a script by Roberto Benabib and Kim Benabib and exec produced by Jerry Weintraub. The Brink is an epic dark comedy focusing on a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men: U.S. Secretary of State Walter Hollander (Tim Robbins); Alex Coppins (Jack Black), a lowly Foreign Service officer; and Zeke Callahan (Pablo Schreiber), an ace Navy fighter pilot. Ladin will play Lieutenant Glenn Taylor, Callahan’s ace wingman.

Encore Magazine has released their Best Of Nominees and you can VOTE NOW. I would like to thank all of you who nominated me for Best Local Radio Personality, Best Morning Show and The Wilmywood Daily for Best Blog! And of course I would LOVE your vote! Some highlights: I think you will definitely wanna vote on these three categories:

Best Local Independent Film: Pieces of Talent, Bound by Sea, Children of Salt

Best Local Filmmaker: Joe Stauffer, Keith Welborn, Brannigan Carter

The voting ends on my birthday!! January 15th. So, go on get to votin‘!!

Our buddy Jeff Hidek from the Star News picked up on this tribute. This past Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons honored one of our legends, Don Payne, who passed away this year. This episode was the last one written by the New Hanover High School grad and you can see his animated angelic image in the opening credits. READ THE ARTICLE NOW.

Check out all the NC Nominees and VOTE! TV.com’s “Best Of” is under way, and the site has our NC shot television shows on the list. Under the Dome, Sleepy Hollow, Homeland, Banshee and Eastdown and Bound.

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you Monday morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!

Major rumors are swirling about the NC Film Crew. Apparently, they deserve kudos and candy canes. The locations department of Sleepy Hollow decided to give back this year to complete strangers. They took donations from the hundreds of crew members working on Sleepy Hollow, every department, and together they raised $1000! They headed to Toys R Us and played Secret Santa, secretly paying off 18 layaway plans at the toy store. I called the production office for confirmation. As an added bonus, the store manager informed one of the crew members that Toys R Us is also going to make a matching donation to Toys For Tots! Now if that doesn’t inspire you to pay it forward, dunno what will!

The ratings for last night’s episode of Sleepy Hollow will come out later today – I will give you the full report in a separate blog on how The Golem performed. The Sleepyheads are running two units, both filming on the lot today.

Cutie Pie, Hunter, with Wilm on Film, released the Under the Dome dates. Looks like they will open offices on January and production will begin in March. And for the record, give some kudos to Hunter. He is a lot like me, underpaid, an army of one and collecting a lot of great production news. Ha! You go boy!

Reminder: I know I’ve talked about this a lot, but it has been a while. If you got a really cool or interesting property, and think it would be a great location for film, contact the Wilmington Film Commission at (910) 343-3456 or commish@wilmingtonfilm.com. Properties can be anything from a large lot, warehouse, barn to a farm, restaurant, shop, or simply your house.

Don’t be confused, yes there is a second petition for you to sign. They decided we should have a petition that focused strictly on ending the sunset. I agree, so yes you have one more petition to sign, but as you know it only takes 20 seconds or less to do so! SIGN PETITION NOW!

Encore is doing the “Best of” issue again and I sure would LOVE YOU if you voted for The Wilmywood Daily for “BEST BLOG!” Nominations end December 12th! And hey if you wanna nominate Sheila Brothers for “Best Local Radio Personality,” I won’t mind that either! Ha! But hey, yes indeed, it is not all about me or the blog, make sure you vote for “Favorite Filmmaker” whoever you love here in Wilmywood. We got a lot of incredible local filmmakers in this town! They are all on page 3 under “arts, entertainment and media.”VOTE NOW!

Shop the Wilmywood T-shirt Shop! Deadline for orders to arrive before Christmas is set for December 13. 3 DAYS LEFT!SHOP NOW!

That just about does it for me; I will have more Wilmywood updates for you tomorrow morning (unless something breaks) and every weekday morning we do “What’s Up in Wilmywood” at 7:30am & 8:30am LIVE on Sunny 104.5. Got Scoop? Email me: sheila_brothers@yahoo.com. Or message me on Wilmywood’s FB . You can also just post your comments below! Until then, that’s a wrap!!